Collection: Peter Young

Peter Ford Young (b. January 2, 1940) is an American painter widely known for his abstract works, which have earned recognition within Minimal Art, Post-minimalism, and Lyrical Abstraction movements. Since the 1960s, Young’s art has been exhibited extensively across the United States and Europe, contributing to his prominent role in contemporary art.

Beginning his career as an abstract painter in New York City during the mid-1960s, Young quickly became a fixture in the city's avant-garde scene. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, his work was showcased in prestigious exhibitions, including two annual exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, group shows at the Museum of Modern Art, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, as well as solo presentations at leading venues such as the Leo Castelli Gallery. His work also received significant attention in Artforum magazine in April 1971, where art historian Ellen H. Johnson featured Young’s paintings on the cover and discussed them in-depth.

A significant retrospective of his work from 1963 to 1977 was held in 2007 at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in Queens and at the Mitchell Algus Gallery in Chelsea, New York, further cementing his legacy in the abstract art canon.

Today, Peter Ford Young continues to live and work in Bisbee, Arizona, where he remains an active and influential figure in the contemporary art world.